Wednesday, October 3rd 2012
NVIDIA Forces EVGA to Pull EVBot Support from GTX 680 Classified
According to an Overclockers.com report, NVIDIA forced EVGA to remove voltage control, more specifically, support for its EVBot accessory, on its GeForce GTX 680 Classified graphics card. EVBot, apart from realtime monitoring, gives users the ability to fine-tune voltages, a feature NVIDIA doesn't want users access to. This design change was communicated by EVGA's Jacob Freeman, in response to a forum question a users who found his new GTX 680 Classified card to lack the EVBot header.
"Unfortunately newer 680 Classified cards will not come with the EVBot feature. If any questions or concerns please contact us directly so we can offer a solution," said Freeman. Hinting that NVIDIA is behind the design change, he said "Unfortunately we are not permitted to include this feature any longer," later adding "It was removed in order to 100% comply with NVIDIA guidelines for selling GeForce GTX products, no voltage control is allowed, even via external device." To make matters worse, Freeman said that EVGA has no immediate plans to cut prices of the GTX 680 Classified.
Source:
Overclockers.com
"Unfortunately newer 680 Classified cards will not come with the EVBot feature. If any questions or concerns please contact us directly so we can offer a solution," said Freeman. Hinting that NVIDIA is behind the design change, he said "Unfortunately we are not permitted to include this feature any longer," later adding "It was removed in order to 100% comply with NVIDIA guidelines for selling GeForce GTX products, no voltage control is allowed, even via external device." To make matters worse, Freeman said that EVGA has no immediate plans to cut prices of the GTX 680 Classified.
99 Comments on NVIDIA Forces EVGA to Pull EVBot Support from GTX 680 Classified
Sucks that you aren't allowed to modify something that you paid hundreds of dollars for.
So apparently the chip makers are now controlling what their "partners" are allowed to do, or not to do with the chips they buy from them.
This industry is clearly going down the toilet, as the manufacturers don't have the balls to stand up to the chip makers. :shadedshu
In a way, I dont blame them though, if they're getting a lot of returned cards that have been killed by too much voltage, they have to do something. Too many guys like to play the overclocking game with no real understanding of what they're doing and bump the voltage to dangerous levels for 24/7 use.
That's not OCing. To me OC only really made sense when it was something a few select people were capable or brave enough to perform. When it meant going against the norm and when it meant a performance advantage to those few brave enough to perform a hard mod or use a bios coming from from forum member in an "obscure" website.
Now OC is widespread, it's allowed and encouraged by the vendors themselves, it's even covered by warranty and you are given full control over every single thing related to OCing your PC. What's the point, use the tools and you'll achieve the same results as the rest of the world (with slight differences based on luck) and if it all comes down to that, is this really such a loss? Not in my eyes, but maybe I'm alone.
* I still OC to safe 24/7 clocks but don't do it for fun or to find the limits, etc. Just simple practical OCing now.